Mammoth Ritz Project On Hold

It looks like the proposed Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Mammoth, once known as the Hillside project, will remain a hillside for a while longer. After years of work, an appeal by the Advocates for Mammoth, and a sale from the 8050 group to Cypress Equities, the hope was to...

Mono County Budget Plans Loom Large

The Supervisors will consider the county’s finances during budget hearings scheduled in Bridgeport and Mammoth next week. Proposals include substantial increases in the budgets of the Supervisors themselves, the Finance Department, and the Probation Department....

Marijauna Farm Found in White Mountains

As law enforcement around the state combats hidden marijuana farms on public lands, the Eastern Sierra is not immune. Last year thousands of plants were removed from a series of farms in the Sierra near Independence. This year, law enforcement is back at it. The Mono...

Bears Back on Council Plate

While Bear-With-Us, the new non-profit wildlife management group in Mammoth, has been up and running for close to two months, it appears that members of the Mammoth Town Council and the group are not on the same page. When Marianne OConnor with Bear-With-Us stood up...